Are pipes supported form of IPC in Android? Will I need to rework my design to use the binder interface?
Thanks, Chris On Jun 3, 12:51 pm, chrisk <savich...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am having some difficulties using the mknod() function to create > named pipes. I am currently porting an OMX Resource Manager which > relies heavily on intra-process communication. > > I was wondering if there are any differences in the mknod() used in > Android vs. the standard implementation? > > Also, in this same component I have been appending the PID (obtained > from getpid()) to the named pipe's name. For example "/dev/ > pipename_790" is created. I create one of these pipes for each other > registered component in the system. It appears that this is causing > some problems and I have noticed that the same PID is being used for > each component. Can someone describe how process are started and which > tasks will get different PID's in the Android environment? > > Another interesting point is that I can create pipes using simple > names, i.e. only the pipes with the PID appended fail to be created... > > Any info will be helpful! > > Thanks, > Chris --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "android-framework" group. To post to this group, send email to android-framework@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-framework+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-framework?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
